Pope Francis
Religious Leader
1936 –
Who is Pope Francis?
Francis is the 266th and current Pope of the Catholic Church having been elected Bishop of Rome and absolute Sovereign of Vatican City.
Born in Buenos Aires as the son of Italian parents, Bergoglio worked briefly as a chemical technician before entering seminary. He was ordained a priest in 1969. From 1973 to 1979 he was Argentina's Provincial superior of the Society of Jesus. He became Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998, and a cardinal in 2001. Following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI in February 2013, on 13 March 2013 the papal conclave elected Bergoglio, who chose the papal name Francis in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first pope from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere.
Throughout his life, both as an individual and as a religious leader, Bergoglio has been noted for his humility, his concern for the poor, and his commitment to dialogue as a way to build bridges between people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and faiths. He is known for having a simpler and less formal approach to the papacy, most notably by choosing to reside in the Domus Sanctae Marthae guesthouse rather than the papal apartments of the Apostolic Palace formerly used by his predecessors. In addition, he is known for favoring simpler vestments void of ornamentation, by starting to refuse the traditional papal mozzetta cape upon his election.
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- Born
- Dec 17, 1936
Flores, Buenos Aires - Also known as
- Pope Francisco
- Jorge Mario Bergoglio
- Pape François
- Parents
- Siblings
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Italian Argentine
- Nationality
- Argentina
- Profession
- Education
- Master's Degree, University of Buenos Aires
Chemistry - Facultades de Filosofía y Teología de San Miguel
- Master's Degree, University of Buenos Aires
- Employment
- Universidad del Salvador
- Lived in
- Buenos Aires
- Vatican City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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